Analyzing Students’ English Capability: Do They Meet the Needs?

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200306.047How to use a DOI?

Keywords

ESP, needs analysis, target needs, student capability

Abstract

In the area of ESP, it is found that most research focuses on exploring students’ learning needs based on the stakeholders’ points of view, and a small portion reveals needs from students’ perspective. There are no studies seeking to see what students’ abilities are now, and compare them with demands in the field. Therefore, this research aims to measure students’ English ability and to see whether their capability meets the needs at work. This research is categorized as a quantitative study. The subject of the research is the students of the Faculty of Hotel and Tourism of UNP taking English for Professional 3 subject in the first semester of 2019/2020. The data were obtained through tests. The results of this study provide an overview for lecturers about students’ current ability, their strengths and lacks in certain skills, and how big the gap occurs between current ability and target needs.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nofrina Eka Putri
AU  - Rifki Oktofiandry
AU  - Sukma Yudistira
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/03/11
TI  - Analyzing Students’ English Capability: Do They Meet the Needs?
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on English Language and Teaching (ICOELT 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 284
EP  - 288
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200306.047
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200306.047
ID  - Putri2020
ER  -